Missionary,
In Lake Belton and Cowhouse Creek, there on Ft Hood, there was a small snake that lived in the water. They hardly ever surfaced and would eat a stringer of fish as fast as you could put them in the water. Nobody seemed to know the name of them. We night fished mainly and had to put any fish we caught in a cooler or there would be nothing but heads left of them. We used Coleman lanterns for light, and would see just their heads poke up out of the water, just outside the light. They looked like baby Black snakes, and about a foot long was the largest I ever saw. Never encountered them anywhere but there.
Rick,
My piece of ground is the highest in elevation in the immediate area. We have tons of toads here and they are fat as can be. If we leave our outside porch light on there will be a dozen toads munching on bugs attracted by the light. I have fans for my dogs in each kennel and they get a lot of bugs and spit them out on the concrete of the dog kennels. There will be quite a few at the end of the day, but gone in the morning! Dogs seem to enjoy their company. LOL
Brad,
A couple summers ago I put up a retaining wall along one side of my driveway. I shoveled 16 yards of crushed rock into and under them for a footing, with drain pipe. Went 24" below grade because it was all sand below it, or I would have had to go 52" to get below frost line. Lay a row, fill the block, flip the fabric back and forth to lay another row. Hasn't moved in two winters so it should be here awhile. Wife likes the look and wanting raised flower beds to match! And that's how the fight started!! LOL
Lamar,
The washing of the hulls worked great. Did the last of them today, and they dried well. Should have been done yesterday but I left the last batch outside last night and it rained a bit. I ended up putting about 300 in a tall six gallon bucket with dishwashing liquid and "tumbling them in the bucket with my blaster garden hose. It actually tumbled the hulls in a circular motion from top to bottom. Held the hose about 18" above the bucket and pointed at one side of the bucket. It injected enough air into the water to float the de-primed hulls and foamed like crazy. Let the water run until it was clear. Poured them on a towel and tossed them a few times. Then just let them sit in the sun a few hours. No dust or spider nests.
Kind of in a shotgun mood lately. Loaded 20 boxes of trap loads and 6 boxes of beaver rollers (1 1/2 oz. lead BB's at 1260 Fps), should do a respectable job on Fox and Coyotes inside 40 also. Need to cast a bunch of slugs also.